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Greetings from everyone at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation!Another fiscal year draws to a close, and the Foundation is pleased to announce the distribution of nearly $86 million in grants this past year as well as the approval of an additional $49 million in grants for future payment. The Foundation offers its sincere thanks to all of the grantee organizations which have utilized these resources. Recent GrantsBasic Human Needs & HealthThe Foundation supports programs that meet the basic needs of individuals, families, and communities. These include programs in the areas of homeless services, economic assistance, food security, and health. Pregnancy Aid Center, Inc. United Way of Lackawanna County Harford Family House, Inc. Manna Food Center, Inc. The Samaritan Community, Inc. Carroll County Food Sunday, Inc. Education, Children, Youth & FamiliesThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation aims to build economic self-sufficiency through child/family development and education, from early childhood through high school graduation, preparing individuals for success in college or the workplace. Funding is intended to address critical issues in education, as well as youth homelessness, child abuse, and domestic violence. Cristo Rey Network Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania Baltimore Child Abuse Center, Inc. (BCAC) Roca, Inc. Fund for Educational Excellence Tikva Children's Home Reach Out and Read, Inc. Episcopal Community Services of Maryland Maryland Foster Youth Resource Center, Inc. Building STEPS Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Inc. Ready at Five General Community SupportThis program area includes support for Jewish causes worldwide and local community development efforts such as renovation or construction of affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization and community improvement in low-income neighborhoods, and grants to organizations that distribute funds to many of the Foundation’s priority areas. Fisher House Workforce DevelopmentThe Weinberg Foundation is committed to helping people to help themselves by obtaining and keeping employment, preferably on a career track. The Foundation funds programs which provide the “life-tools” for clients to lift themselves from poverty into solid self-support. Civic Works Nishmat Upwardly Global Maryland CASH (Job Opportunities Task Force) Tech Career Supportive Community Community Grants OverviewsThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is committed to keeping in touch with its many grantees, partners, and other stakeholders. In an effort to provide more focused, detailed information (and to be more environmentally conscious) the Foundation has replaced the traditional annual report with grants overviews. These overviews highlight selected grants within each of the Foundation’s program areas as well as within broader communities of funding. So far, we have completed overviews for the Jewish community, Maryland, and the program area of Older Adults. Most of these will provide a three-year retrospective by grant area. You can find these grants overviews on our website by clicking here. Book Drive! The Latest on the Library ProjectThe Weinberg Foundation is eager to update you on the exciting progress of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project. All four of the libraries included in the first year of the Project are moving through the planning stage. In addition, the Weinberg Foundation is pleased to announce another $1 million in funding for the second year of the Library Project. The next chapter of the Library Project, which will include filling up the new libraries with books, is about to begin! In partnership with Baltimore Reads, the Foundation is leading a community-wide book drive throughout the month of March (National Reading Month). Almost 40 community partners have committed to place book drop-off bins at roughly 80 locations across the Baltimore area to collect new books for students ages 3 - 14. We are also partnering with Heart of America Foundation to purchase new books for the libraries and for students to take home and build their home libraries. If you would like to be involved, or for more information, please contact Kate Sorestad, Library Project Coordinator, by email ksorestad@hjweinberg.org or by phone 410-654-8500 x 249. Please also look for the Project’s new website at www.baltimorelibraryproject.org which will launch, along with the Book Drive, on March 2. National Conference on Aging/Caregiver InitiativeMichael Marcus, Program Director for Older Adults, will serve as a speaker for several presentations at this year’s Aging in America Conference which will be held March 28-31 in Washington, DC. Many programs funded through the Weinberg Caregiver Initiative, now in its final year, will be highlighted in other seminars. The Caregiver Initiative is a three-year $15.4 million project, including an $8.4 million Weinberg Foundation grant, involving 14 nonprofits nationwide. Their goal is to demonstrate innovative and evidence-based community projects which help family and friends care for chronically ill or disabled, low- and moderate-income older adults. The Foundation also will host its annual gathering for all of the Caregiver Initiative participants. Click here to learn more about the Weinberg Foundation Caregiver Initiative. Hold the Date! Tuesday, November 13, 4-6 p.m.And finally, it’s never too early to mark your calendar for a truly special afternoon with more than one thousand of the Foundation’s closest friends. This year’s Annual Community Gathering will be held Tuesday, November 13, from 4-6 p.m. with some exciting changes. This year’s event will be held at the historic Hippodrome Theatre on Eutaw Street in West Baltimore. But the venue isn’t the only surprise. The Foundation will host a nationally known philanthropic speaker! Also, the Weinberg Foundation looks forward to seeing many of its friends and associates who will be in Baltimore for the Jewish Federation of North America’s General Assembly which will take place November 11-13. The Foundation’s Annual Community Gathering will be held immediately after the conclusion of the General Assembly. The Weinberg Foundation hopes that many of those attending the General Assembly will make plans to stay for the Annual Gathering at the Hippodrome. Please hold the date!
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